ROBERT CALWAY: Granite Medical respects patients

I would like to clarify a few points made in the Sept. 5 article “Quincy Medical Center workers protest outside Granite Medical offices.”

The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA

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Posted Sep. 9, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Sep 9, 2013 at 9:02 AM

Posted Sep. 9, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Sep 9, 2013 at 9:02 AM

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I would like to clarify a few points made in the Sept. 5 article “Quincy Medical Center workers protest outside Granite Medical offices.”

Granite Medical Group is confident that we provide our patients with high-quality, affordable care. Our affiliation with Quincy Medical Center goes back many years and we have often spoken in support of its continued operation.

We have longstanding, active affiliations with South Shore Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess-Milton Hospital and Quincy Medical Center. Our physicians have maintained privileges at all three hospitals for many years and our referral of patients to hospitals other than Quincy Medical Center is by no means a recent change.

Granite Medical Group respects our patients’ care requests. We refer our patients who wish to receive care at Quincy Medical Center to that hospital. Given our longstanding referral relationship, we continue to have discussions with Quincy Medical Center to ensure quality, coordinated care for our patients.